Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- EDITOR'S PREFACE -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- SECTION 1 -- THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE MYSTICAL BODY -- THE DEBATE ON THE IDENTITYOF THE NEW CHURCHES. THE ITALIAN SITUATION -- FROM THEOLOGY TO IDENTITYIN CONTEMPORARY RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE -- THE CONFIGURATION OF THE SACRED SPACE -- REDEFINING THE SACRED IN THE URBAN REALM -- THE SACRED SPACE IN THE GLOBALISED SOCIETY -- SOCIETY 2 -- LERCARO AND THE BEGINNING OF MODERN LITURGICAL ARCHITECTURE -- THE CONCEPTS AND IDENTITY -- CONTEMPORTAY HUNGARIAN CHURCH-ARCHITECTURE -- THE SEARCH FOR THE IRISH NATIONALIDENTITY THROUGH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE -- AN AMAZING PROJECT -- RELIGIOUS EXPRESSIONS OF CHICANOS -- SECTION 3 -- CONTINUATIO NATURAE. THE MONASTICARCHITECTURE OF DOM HANS VAN DER LAAN -- DOM HANS VAN DER LAAN'S ARCHITECTONIC SPACE -- CISTERCIAN MINIMALISM -- THE CHAPELS OF LABOUR UNIVERSITIES -- THE HOLY FAMILY CHURCH -- A STUDY OF DIFFERENCES IN THE PHYSICAL -- SPACES IN CHRISTIANITY -- SECTION 4 -- SAINT GEORGE'S CHURCH AND PARISH COMPLEX IN PAMPLONA -- THE TRADITIONALWORSHIP AND SOCIAL REALITY -- THE CONSTRUCTION OF 22 CHURCHESFOR TURIN'S PERIPHERY (1965-1977) -- CONTEMPORARY CITIES AND THEPRESENCE OF THE CHURCH -- CHURCH BUILDING AND THERMAL CITY IN ITALY -- THE CAVEDONE DISTRICT CHURCH, BOLOGNA -- THE DISTRICT CHURCH -- SECTION 5 -- BUILDING THE RELIGIOUS SPACE -- THE SILENCED DEATH -- FATHER COSTANTINO RUGGERI,THE SINGER OF BEAUTY -- AN UPDATE ON SACRED ART IN THE SPANISHTRADITION OF MYSTICAL REALISM -- METAPHOR, BEAUTY AND CONTEMPORANEITYIN THE SPHERE OF WORSHIP -- INDEX.

The identity of places of worship is one of the most difficult problems faced by religious architecture at the start of this new millennium. Contemporary globalising experiences demand, peremptorily, a reflection, both conceptual and situational, on the origin of objects, people and institutions. Nevertheless, the chance of these migration flows annihilating already-existing religious identities is perceived as a problem. This problem is directly linked to the survival of architecture as a s...

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